Category: Reflections

    • The Day My Ideas Formed a Union

      Confessions of a Recovering Hoarder I am 51 years old, and admittedly, I am a recovering hoarder. Many years ago, a boss told me I had an abundance of fabulous ideas that were being held back by my need to be perfect. At the time, I thought she was talking about work. She wasn’t. Looking…

    • The Conversation Never Really Ended

      The last reflection published here was in April 2020. At the time, I had no idea how much life was about to unfold. There were years filled with work, loss, caregiving, unexpected turns, and questions I couldn’t have imagined asking. For a while, I stopped writing. Or so I thought. Looking back, I realize I…

    • Aloha, A Hui Hou

      It is Palm Sunday and on this glorious day the Lord made I am finding myself staring at a picture on my wall from the vacation that Anthony and I took last year to Hawaii. The picture illustrate what people expect when they go to Hawaii and if I may say so myself it shows…

    • Finding My Treasure

      In Paulo Coelho’s the Alchemist he tells the beautiful story of a young shepherd boy who sets out to find his treasure.   Like the young shepherd I can confess that I have been looking for my treasure my entire life, but always missing the point of what it truly is or has been.  Reading this…

    • Unexpected Goodbyes

      A week ago, today we received the awful news that Kobe Bryant had been tragically killed along with his 13-year-old daughter and others that were traveling with him.  Without a doubt our City of Angels lost one of their own and while the world is mourning the man and the legend, the true pain of…

    • Leave it better than you found it

      This past Friday concluded my fifteen-month journey with my employer.  As you can imagine change is never easy and saying goodbye to people whom I’ve become fond off was even harder.  Then after a week of feeling unsure about my decision of taking a new job, I learned that within two weeks of my departure…

    • Life beyond oneself – The principals of living Matthew 25:35

      In the city of Lynwood, California exists a small community of people who gather weekly to worship and to celebrate their religious beliefs.  This congregation is led by Baltazar who along with his family opens the doors to his home where worshipers can gather to celebrate mass and on a continuous basis also plan and…

    • A New Beginning…

      The first day of the year seems like a perfect time to start fresh.  A time to let go of the old and consider the new.  The question that I have been pondering for months is – is it necessary to let go of everything that we feel is bad for us or caused us…

    • The Journey Begins

      Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton